Here is the sentence upon them: ‘I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.’ In other words, they will not be distinct tribes like the others.
It is the same in the church. What happens in human institutions when they grow? People start to think in establishment terms; they begin empire building. In the New Testament church, God has prevented this by forming independent local churches. The sphere of leaders in the church is limited to a single local church and no great structures on earth are built if God’s blueprint is being followed. Of course, denominational structures have appeared in church history, but these are not following the Biblical plan.